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View with a grain of sand selected poems by szymborska wislawa abebooks. Collections of her poems that have been translated into english include people on. Subscribe to the oprahs book club newsletter sign up for the oprahs book club. It was published by harcourt brace and has a total of 224 pages in the book.

We are operating with very limited staff and are working hard to get everyones orders filled and out the door. The title poem, view with a grain of sand, is about how meaningless we are to the nonhuman world around us, despite our belief in our importance, and how our naming means nothing to the named. Translated from the polish by stanislaw baranczak and clare cavanagh. Two previous collections of her work had appeared in english, of course. First edition of this collection of poems by the nobel prizewinning poet.

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With acute irony tempered by a generous curiosity, she documents lifes improbability as well as its transient beauty. View with a grain of sand, translated by stanislaw baranczak and clare cavanagh, brings together a handful of poems from each of a number of collections published between 1957 and 1993. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. The title of this book is view with a grain of sand and it was written by wislawa szymborska. View with a grain of sand selected poems wislawa szymborska.

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